(Overfill Protection Device, a float-based device inside the tank)
If you prefer to have a tank that can be filled by anyone, take that tank back to any Blue Rhino retailer and exchange it for one that does not have the triangular indention.įor liability reasons, if you choose to refill your tank, please remember to remove the plastic sleeve before having it refilled.ĭon't confuse the new OPD valves with the triangular handle with the Blue Rhino-only TS2 OPD valves, also with the triangular handle, but also the little triangular indentation on the SIDE of the valve.Īll Blue Rhino tanks now have OPDs and the new three-sided valve handles.
If your tank valve has a small triangular indention on the side, then it is "tamper" protected. The way to identify the special TS2 valve tanks that cannot be filled is easy. Not all of our tanks offer the special safety feature.
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However, you, as a consumer, are free to fill your cylinder if you wish. We recommend that our customers only exchange because of the safety/liability issues associated with someone else filling our tanks. Our business is propane cylinder exchange. If your tank is not properly filled, damage to your valve can result, which can prevent it from performing properly. When our consumers take our cylinders and have them filled elsewhere, we cannot be liable or guarantee the safety of that cylinder. We know how our cylinders are filled and that the highest level of accuracy and safety checks are performed. It's for the safety of our consumers!! We stand behind our product. Some, but not all of our tanks have a special safety device that prevents the refill by anyone other than a Blue Rhino specialist. "Blue Rhino is the leader in the industry for providing the safest tanks on the market. Here's the text of the letter he received: In order to get flow IN to a TS2 valve, a magnetic key must be inserted into the indentation to hold a steel ball out of the way.Ī guy named Mark Sharp received a letter from Blue Rhino confirming this information. You can identify a TSII valve by the little triangular indentation on the side of the valve. Turns out that is a requirement, not a request.īlue Rhino is not only installing OPD valves, they are installing their OWN proprietary OPD valves, called Tri-Safe II valves. I was fortunate and noticed on the label on the tank sleeve that the tank was to be refilled by Blue Rhino only. I had bought a new regulator from Weber with a twist-quick connect, and needed a tank with that valve. I also needed a different connection mine was the sliding sleeve quick connect connection that Weber was selling.
I noticed this because I was in the process of exchanging a non-OPD tank for an OPD tank through Blue Rhino at my local Sears Hardware. Blue Rhino is installing valves on their tanks that can only be refilled by Blue Rhino, meaning that you will be locked into their tank-for-tank service, and won't be able to get the tank refilled at your local propane dealer. Thought I would post it here as well for reference.īeware if you plan to use the Blue Rhino tank exchange service for buying propane. I had posted this information on the Appliances forum in a thread about gas grills.
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